The old General Electric factory on Northwest Broad Street in Murfreesboro is being disassembled. This is the progress made as of Oct. 17.

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Crews are tearing down a closed General Electric appliance motors factory that opened in 1956 and provided more than 1,000 jobs.

"We're hoping to probably go into the winter to finish up," said Bob Witsell, a project manager for the corporation overseeing the demolition of a factory that's about 270,000 square feet on the east side of Northwest Broad Street a block north of Thompson Lane.

"We are awaiting some other approvals from TDEC (Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation) that will allow us to get the full permit with the city," Witsell said. "We're still managing some ...